Definition of Petitioning. Meaning of Petitioning. Synonyms of Petitioning

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Definition of Petitioning

Petitioning
Petitioning Pe*ti"tion*ing, n. The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
Petitioning
Petition Pe*ti"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Petitioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Petitioning.] To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor. You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. --Shak.

Meaning of Petitioning from wikipedia

- benefits of petitioning including meaning-making, social action, agency and empowerment. City council Motion (legal) Motion for leave Online petition Special...
- rulers to offer an avenue for the public to write petitions. In modern China the use of local petitioning bureaus remains common, however, those who remain...
- 2015. "Online e-Petitioning in Michigan". Paynter, Randy (28 April 2010). "Slacktivism: Why Snopes got it Wrong About Internet Petitions". Frogloop. Care2...
- In English law, a petition of right was a remedy available to subjects to recover property from the Crown. Before the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, the British...
- In United States parliamentary procedure, a discharge petition is a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without...
- The Millenary Petition was a list of requests given to James I by Puritans in 1603 when he was travelling to London in order to claim the English throne...
- The Petition of Right, p****ed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional do****ent setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly...
- An election petition refers to the procedure for challenging the result of a parliamentary election. When a petition is lodged against an election return...
- The Global Warming Petition Project, also known as the Oregon Petition, is a group which urges the United States government to reject the Kyoto Protocol...
- pages with titles containing Petition Petitioner, a legal party who pleads through use of a petition Supplication or petitioning, a form of prayer This disambiguation...